Carlos Delgado of iFMagazine.com has spoken with Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas and has learned that a Veronica Mars movie may soon become a reality.

ABC – the network that has picked up Thomas’ second try at Cupid (actually, they ran the first one as well) – has cut the Cupid order from 13 episodes to 8; this frees Thomas up with time to write a Veronica movie – however, he warns that writing the movie is half the battle. “Someone else has to pay for it,” Thomas says. “Joel Silver does have a certain pile of money. He called on me saying ‘Can we do this now?’ Kristen wants to do it. Joel wants to do it and I want to do it. For me, that’s the next project,” says Thomas, who seems to have made a career out of revisiting his past projects these days.

Thomas reveals that the story is “70 percent broken” in his head, and that it would start soon before the Hearst College graduation. He’s spoken with Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, and Kristen Bell about reprising their roles.

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ll see that the talk of the day (beyond that Pope thing) is the possibility of a Veronica Mars movie being funded through fan backing on Kickstarter. If the Kickstarter campaign raises more than $2 million… and, as of 6PM tonight, they have already met their goal!

(And, yep, that means updating this site for the first time in four years!)

Rob Thomas is producing and writing (of course), Kristen Bell is ready to appear… but it’s only even a possibility if they get to the $2 million.

All of the information you’ll need — what they’re planning, how you can donate, what you’ll get if you do donate — is right there on the Kickstarter page, so if you want…

CHECK IT OUT!

If successful, we could get our Veronica movie by 2014. Since it looks like they made it, more support can surely only mean BETTER chances of the movie happening.

More information should be in the next print issue of Entertainment Weekly.

The October 1 issue of TV Guidemagazine, that hits newsstands on September 27, features beautiful blondes of Heroes – Kristen Bell, Hayden Panettiere, and Ali Larter! Also inside will be TV Guide‘s “Ultimate Guide To Season Two” of the popular show.

Finally, Kristen has made it onto a TV Guide cover after not appearing there in three years of Veronica Mars.

There’s a preview of the cover at our companion site in the KryptonSite Network, HeroSite.net. You can see the cover at a much larger size in the HeroSite gallery.

The usually-reliable Kristin Veitch at E! Online has revealed that Season Three may be the last for Veronica Mars.

“I’ve never been less certain of our fate. I’m afraid I’ve gone from cautiously optimistic to something less than that,” VM creator Rob Thomas told Kristin.

Ratings for this season of Veronica, after a very good start, had fallen in the early 2007 episodes. The fact that a cheaper reality show such as The Search For The Next Pussycat Doll got better ratings could not have helped. The CW’s insistence on removing Veronica from the repeat cycle, so people may forget it’s still even on the air, can’t help much either.

Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available. If Veronica is indeed cancelled, here’s hoping The CW at least allows them a good send-off.

UPDATE: Moviehole.net has confirmed with a source close to one of the cast members that the show is indeed ending. Stay tuned!

UPDATE #2: Kristen has posted a new post saying that Rob Thomas has written her again, assuring her that the show has NOT officially been cancelled, but also that the show MIGHT still have a chance with yet another new format. The Hollywood Reporter has the details:

“Veronica Mars might be looking at a quick graduation from Hearst College. The fate of the CW’s cult favorite remains uncertain, but if the show returns for a fourth season in the fall, it might find the young sleuth in a different setting. “Veronica Mars” creator Rob Thomas has come up with an idea to fast-forward a couple of years and have Mars studying at the FBI Academy. (As a freshman at Hearst College, Mars (Kristen Bell) has been taking criminology classes and been looking to do an internship at the FBI.) Thomas is filming a trailer for the alternative fourth season of the Warner Bros. TV/Silver Pictures show, which will be submitted to the CW. The network’s executives ultimately will decide whether to pick up the series for another season and, if they do, whether to stick to the drama’s current plot line or go with the new version. If Mars goes to the FBI Academy next season, it will be a third backdrop for the character, who began her P.I. adventures while in high school.”

Official CW Description:VERONICA IS OFFICIALLY A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR – Veronica (Kristen Bell) passes her exam to be an official Private Investigator, while Piz (Chris Lowell) lands an interview with Apollo Bukenya (guest star Nelsan Ellis, “The Inside”), an African student at Hearst who wrote a book about his years as an orphan child-soldier in Uganda’s rebel army. Veronica is hired by an African man, Kizza (guest star Babs Olusanmokun, Law & Order: Criminal Intent”), to help prove that he is Apollo’s father, but her investigation leads to information that might expose Apollo’s story as a fake. Meanwhile, as the election for Sheriff nears, Keith (Enrico Colantoni) is faced with a crime spree in Neptune. Parker (Julie Gonzalo) comes to Veronica for advice about Logan (Jason Dohring) after learning he planned to spend the summer surfing with Dick (Ryan Hansen). Percy Daggs, Francis Capra and Tina Majorino also star. Nick Marck directed the episode written by Jonathan Moskin and David Mulei (#3T5818).

Official CW Description:
VERONICA DISCOVERS THE ORIGIN OF HER SEX TAPE – Furious that Logan (Jason Dohring) attacked Piz (Chris Lowell), Veronica (Kristen Bell) tells Logan she wants nothing to do with him. Parker (Julie Gonzalo) confronts Logan about still having feelings for Veronica, while Piz assures Veronica that he had nothing to do with the sex video. Veronica, with Weevil’s (Francis Capra) help, investigates how the tape originated and discovers a person from her past is linked to The Castle and pays them a visit. With the re-election campaign nearing, Keith (Enrico Colantoni) steps in to protect Veronica. Percy Daggs, Ryan Hansen and Tina Majorino also star. Michael Fields directed the episode written by Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero (#3T5820).

Warner Home Video will be releasing the third and final season of Veronica Mars onto DVD on Tuesday, October 23.

The DVD contains all 20 episodes, some special bonus features including deleted scenes, a gag reel, some featurettes and webisodes, and, most importantly, theVeronica Mars: F.B.I. presentation which was used to pitch Season Four.

Neptunesite’s Craig Byrne has had the opportunity to do an early review of this set. Read the review!

And, be sure to get your copy of Veronica Mars Season 3 from Amazon.com!

Official CW Description:
VERONICA’S SEX TAPE MAKES IT TO THE INTERNET – Weevil (Francis Capra) is arrested for selling fake debit cards to Hearst students, but claims he is being framed because of his criminal background, and asks Veronica (Kristen Bell) to clear his name. On Piz’s (Chris Lowell) radio show, Keith (Enrico Colantoni) debates Vinnie (guest star Ken Marino, “Reno 911”) about the upcoming election, while a tipsy Dick (Ryan Hansen) apologizes to Mac (Tina Majorino) for the way he has treated her in the past. Veronica and Piz make up after their argument about spending their summer apart, and a mysterious sex tape of the two finds its way to the internet. Jason Dohring, Percy Daggs and Julie Gonzalo also star. Jason Bloom directed the episode written by Phil Klemmer (#3T5819).